Baridi: A Culture-Bound Syndrome Among the Bena Peoples in Tanzania

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-22

  Juntunen, Anitta ^a  

^a Kajaani Polytechnic   (United States)

Author keywords

baridi; Bena; culture bound syndrome; ethnography; Tanzania; transcultural nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TANZANIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL VALUES; SYNDROME; TABOO; TANZANIA;

EID: 12344263613     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659604270960     Document Type: Article

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